单词 | replicatory |
释义 | replicatoryadj. 1. Of the nature of or relating to a reply. Now rare.Chiefly in legal contexts; cf. reply n. 2, replication n. 5a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [adjective] responsory1576 replicatory1641 1641 Bp. J. Hall Short Answer Vindic. Smectymnuus Pref. sig. a2 I am not conscious to my self of any one considerable argument of theirs, that I have balked in my replicatory Defence. 1762 W. Redmond Princ. & Constituence Antimony v. 45 Any particular Person, or Body of Men, who decline a replicatory clearing of their Character. 1785 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 XVIII. 107 Mr. Isaac Hawkins Brown praised the conduct of Mr. Pitt, in the business of the day, as a defence replicatory to the arguments of Mr. Sheridan. 1822 Times 10 June 3/2 In support of the husband's replicatory plea, several witnesses had been examined. 1837 Blackwood's Mag. 41 841 A Parliamentary Committee for the reception of testimony on their side, replicatory to that given before Mr. Sadler's Committee. 1860 Brit. Controversialist 3rd Ser. 3 102 While, therefore, there may be no logical necessity for a reply, we may find moral and mental instruction in replicatory criticism. 1922 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 12 505 Any evidence to be introduced in rebuttal could be similarly designated in what we might call a replicatory schedule. 2002 Sc. Civil Law Rep. (Lexis) 25 Apr. 691 SSE challenged the relevancy of BEG's averments as to a replicatory formula. 2. Biology. = replicative adj. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > [adjective] > changes or actions of genes or chromosomes > of or relating to replication replicative1923 replicatory1961 1961 Radiation Res. 14 417 Alterations in the genetic material of lymphocytes might then occur during cell divisions..either as a result of virus action similar to bacterial transduction or as a result of replicatory errors. 1984 Nature 15 Nov. 242 An immunoglobulin gene enhancer confers tissue-specific replicatory ability. 2003 Evolution 57 703/1 Primitive bilaterians limited the time available during development and the potential replicatory advantage of selfish cellular lineages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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